the Budget and other things

 Here are a few articles on the budget.

• tax-cuts-are-coming-but-not-soon-in-a-cautious-budget
  
• the-2025-budget-has-few-savings-and-surprises-but-it-also-ignores-climate-change
  
• the-government-is-timid-and-uninspired-the-budget-is-a-perfect-fit
  

My only comment is I think the BEST measure announced is that non-competitive clauses will be legislated against. It is fantastic.

Sorry my second is without the tax cuts the structural deficit would not increase.There was no need to do this. Just remember it is the change in the structural deficit that counts.

A bonus

• poll-roundup-coalition-support-slides
  

On the complete embarrassment in the USA

• why-is-the-us-group-chat-on-houthi-attack-plans-so-concerning-a-military-operations-expert-explains
  
• signal-group-chat-hegseth-vance-waltz-trump-administration
  

Always remember most of the trump administration are simply incompetent. This is merely another example. DOGE is another.

Just remember one of the group was in moscow at the time!